NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Eli Lilly & Co. said today that it will provide free access to its drug discovery technology to potential collaborators who want to evaluate the therapeutic potential of their compounds.

Under the new program, called the Phenotypic Drug Discovery Initiative, or PD2, Lilly said it will provide free, confidential access to its drug discovery assays via a secure web portal in a move intended to provide "a more convenient point of entry for global external researchers into Lilly's drug discovery and development process."